QUILTER JAN

Friday, July 30, 2010

Here are five more for Project Linus---these are all Yellow Brick Roads----I do love that pattern---so quick and easy. Really have to try something else today---I have one more YBR cut out and then going to put together a Take Five and a Panel quilt, plus want to try Easy Peasy again. Sally showed me the right way to cut it on Saturday!!! Thanks Sally!!!!

The quilts are titled: "Cowboys at Round-Up Corral," Flowers Got the Blues," "Cat and Mouse Games," "Citrus Flowers," and "Mater and McQueen." Hoping some kids will like them!!!

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Today is a scrap pile of miscellaneous bits and pieces! I'm working on more Yellow Brick Roads for Project Linus and when I have them done there will be pictures. Hopefully, soon!!! LOL!!

Saturday was spent with the DFW Gang sewing at the little "Quilt House" in Ponder. There were five of us sewing up a storm and enjoying the day together. We visited and ate muffins and went to lunch together all the while we were sewing and sewing. Debi got 3 lovely bags made, Sally made blocks for an Easy Peasy, Marje worked on a quilt for her husband, Shannon got a quilt top all sewn together (way to go, Shannon,) and I got 1 1/2 Yellow brick Road tops finished! Very productive day!

I can see that I am getting close to 400 posts---hard to believe!!!! I think I will have a drawing in honor of that day---more details later on that day! I think you will like what I have to give away!

Our weather has still been so hot, some days just too hot to quilt, even with the A/C on---good day to curl up with a book!!!

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Here are some Project Linus Log Cabin quilt tops that I did in different settings. I had 80 blocks that I had cut from a Layer Cake of Frolic by Sandy Gervais and I put a setting of 4x5 blocks in each quilt top. So I got 4 quilt tops out of a Layer Cake, plus added background fabric of the same amount. This was a fun project. There are so many settings for the Log Cabin that it was hard to pick just 4! I added a border to make them big enough for the Project Linus quilts. They measure about 42 x 45. Will probably meander quilt them.

The first one is called Zig Zag, the second is Furrows, the third is Star and the fourth is just a straight set of the blocks---I'm sure it has a name, but I just call it a Log Cabin for want of a better name! Maybe one of you has the correct name, if you do, please let me know! Thanks!

Thursday, July 15, 2010

This Four-Patch Spinning Blossoms top was a kit from Connecting Threads website. I should have pre-washed the fabric because the flower print was quite stiff and the iron dragged on it a lot, but I don't usually pre-wash fabric and so there it is!!! I do hope some girl will like it. The middle four-patches do a spinning thing just like a stack and whack , except they are only 4 squares. It was fun to see all the different blocks appear. Although I think I like the one I did that had more sides to it.

Hope it isn't too hot where you are and you are able to quilt----I've been quilting and when I get too hot, I stop and take a break and read a book---sometimes I even fall asleep and take a short nap---Buster, our poodle usually sleeps all day---every now and then he comes in the sewing room to get a pat on the head and then he goes back to sleep!

Sunday, July 11, 2010

This quilt block is the Quilt Barn Block for the month of July. (You have to scroll way down on the page to see this!) This was fun doing these 4" blocks. I chose another block for this month because I do not like doing Grandmother's Flower Garden----guess I made enough when I was making them to complete the blocks that I got when my Mother-in-Law died. I made wall hangings for each of my daughters and one for myself and there are still some blocks left! I did every thing by hand and I think I've had enough! Although I did enjoy every minute of it, I must confess!!!!!

The quilt top that I called Tumbling Tumbleweeds is from the book Scrap Basket Surprises---it has a lot of neat quilts in it----it was of those quilts that you have to pay close attention to, so that everything goes the right way into it's correct space!

We've had such hot, humid weather here in Texas, that I have been staying inside all that I can-----most of the outdoor stuff is handled by hubby, which is a good thing! But it still seems so hot to work on sewing and especially handwork---everything seems so sticky! What's it like in your part of the world?

Thursday, July 8, 2010

This is a terrible picture, but my quilt holder is not home and I tried to take a picture of a quilt top that does need a good bit of ironing and I don't want to do that until I'm ready to quilt, so I apologize to you!!!! whew! The quilt is bigger than the hanging space so hence the wrinkle! This one is called Piccadilly Baskets and was so much fun to do!!!!! It's 30's fabrics and embroidery colors and I used my scraps for the baskets. But you know what I'm going to say next----------------the scrap pile didn't go down much! There's a closeup picture of one of the baskets. They were all set on point. The pattern was different in that the seams for all the settings were 1/2"-------that was hard to remember until I put a piece of masking tape down on my machine.

I'm really into basket quilts, it seems. There's just something neat about them, I guess. There certainly are lots of different ones! I'm also working on the Aunt Bea's Parlor ones again, but this time doing them in Redwork. My friend, Jackie did a quilt that way and it is beautiful. I asked if I could copy her and she said "yes," so I'm working on that. I'll post a picture when I get a few done. I have one done so far and I am liking how they look! They are fun to do!

Friday, July 2, 2010

This quilt has been waiting to be quilted for quite a while and Maynard finally got to it!!! I loved the fabrics (Zippity-do-da line of fabrics) and thought it was a happy, cheerful kind of quilt! Jackie gave me some of her left-over fabrics from her stash and I want to say thank you to her---she is so generous! I'm hoping some girl or boy will like it--it's bigger in size, so maybe some older kid will like it!! It will go to Project Linus. I'm making a delivery tomorrow of 17 quilts---makes me very happy!!!! They seem to add up quickly!

It's taking me awhile to get back in the groove after getting back from vacation---------I really got tired, I guess. Been fitting in a nap each day---that's a good thing! But wouldn't trade it for the world!!!